Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-01
VARIOUS NOTES.
From American Cultivator

a lG-hand. eight-year-old bay mare, bred
and owned by Peter f. Harvey Il Brother.
Columbus, y. j.. got by Happy Medium !;
dam, Black Bell, by Oscar Patchen. son
of George NJ. Patchen (2:231) second
dam by Long Island Black Hawk. She
is full sister to Happy Princess q :23H.
and before the summers over her driver
Mr.. John II. Phillips, will land her well
down in the twenties, barring accidents.
The fastest heat made in race to har-
ness yet this season is 2:l7t, by the PAGER
L. C.. Lee. at Denver, Col. May "a. The
winner is black stallion by st. Elmo
(2:2 son of Mohawk, by Long Island
Black Hawk, and his dam was daughter
of Kentucky Chief, he by Mambrino Chief,
out of the dam of Lady Thorne Gasp.
This mark, , :174, appears to be a difficult
one for pacing stations to lower. 1t has
stopped Cohannet, Brown Hal and l.. c..
like Cohannet. is bred from trottirg stock
on both sides.
The bay mare Lister, BY Almont. dam
(the dam of Aldine, :19t by Johnson's
Toronto. won a race at Denver, Col. on
the 18th ult., lowering her record to
2:2Gi.
Black Jim, by Reconstruction. by Yer
mont Boy, by French Charley. by Com
ct Morgan, 5. t. b. by Sherman Nor
gan, got mark of :29i in the , 80 race
at Denver, Col, last month.
Some miscreant poisoned the promising
stallion J. W. South short time since,
to prevent his winning race. from the
effects of which the horse died. He was
foaled in 1850, got by Princeps, dam by
Melbourne Jr.. stood l6.l, was owned by
Nat Bruen, La Harp, H., and made a
record of 229t last season. \ little
wholesome justice dealt out by vigilance
committee would have salutary effect
upon such class of scoundrels as those
who concocted the scheme and admins
tered the poison.
The efforts of Mr.. George II. Hicks TO
entertain the public at Beacon Park in an
honorable manner, satisfactory to the
most fastidiOus citizens of the Hub, were
worthy of better weather than prevailed
during the meeting. which opened auspi-
ciously on the 3lst ult. The rain on the
LIST and ID insts caused a postponement
of two DAYS, and did not tend to improve
the condition of the track. The races
! " tn ha
nesday came off on Friday, and were
witnessed by a good sized audience. con-
sidering the unsettled state of the weather.
Those who were so fortunate as to be
present enjoyed a rich treat. as both
events were trotted squarely on their
merits and closely contested. That for
the :32 class brought eight to the wire
for the word, and resulted in three addi-
tons to the , 80 list. First and second
heats were won by Mr.. Lewis's fine bay
mare Olivette, driven by J. j. Bowen. in
= :29t, 2:2st. In the third heat Fred Me-
dunn was first at the wire, but was dis
tanced on account of foul driving, and
his driver fined S25. The heat was given
to Sadie ). fourth and fifth heats were
won by John Trout with ). ID. c., time
2.29t, 2.3l. and the sixth by Sadie s., in
:29f, after which it was postponed to
Saturday, when the deciding heat was
captured by ;. ID. c. in 2 POI. Olivette
is Maine-bred mare, got by Sultan Jr..
he by sultan, son of Gen. Knox; dam by
Cobb's Brandywine. 5. ID. c. is by AL
mont Eclipse, son of Almont and Sadie
s., by Pequaket, son of Gideon. Second
money went to Sadie s., third to Olvette
and fourth to Owenee, full sister to Ona-
wa (2:22f. The other starters were
Lady liavens, Plumed Knight and Fred
Medium.
The 20 race, same day and track, was
won right off the reel by Graceful, in
;2Gf, 2:26i, 2:27; second money went to
Richard Wilkes, third to Billy r., and
fourth to Matchless. The other starters
were Fannie b., W. Van, Edith, Billy r.,
st. Jacob, Syenite and Jennie Cobb.
Graceful is by Happy Medium dam, Lady
Grace, by Hamlet, son of Volunteer
second dam, Black Bess, the dam of
Gloster (2:lO.
The 2:23 race at Beacon on the closing
day, June /, was won by Royal Bounce,
which took second, third and fifth heats
in 2;27d, 2:29d, 2:2s. Zahn captured the
fourth heat in 2 20 and took second money.
Screwdriver was first at the wire in the
opening heat, time 2:2st, but was obliged
to put up with third money, fourth GO
ing to Bessie Sheridan. George Lee was
rather unfortunate. He finished third in
the first heat, fifth in the second and was
distanced for foul driving in the third.
The 2:2O pacing race was won by the
Maine-bred chestnut gelding, T. L. D.,
driven by j. j. Bowen, who landed him